Quote by Victor Hugo
Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who wa

Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great. – Victor Hugo

Other quotes by Victor Hugo

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come. – Victor Hugo

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Ideas
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Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God. – Victor Hugo

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God
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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband. – Michel de Montaigne

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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob. – Salvador Dali

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good

I firmly believe that any mans finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle – victorious. – Vince Lombardi

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good

Marriage is good enough for the lower classes: they have facilities for desertion that are denied to us. – George Bernard Shaw

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good

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Sports can unify the Iraqi people – no Sunnis, no Shiites, just sport for the country. – Dana Hussein

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I dont think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times. – John F. Kennedy

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Intelligence

Taste as you go. When you taste the food throughout the cooking process you can make adjustments as you go. – Anne Burrell

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Food

When we had to do book reports, I would pick a book that no one read and just make it up and turn that in. I got praised for my imagination. – Ahmet Zappa

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